While there can be a lot of debate about the fate of Ray Gricar, the former district attorney of Centre County, it can be stated beyond question that, at this point of time, he is absolutely alive, legally.Mr. Gricar’s remains have never been found, he was never pronounced dead, and he has never been declared dead by the courts.From a legal standpoint, Mr. Gricar is alive.Reality might differ from legality.

Basically, in what might be a legal fiction, Mr. Gricar is assumed to be alive, but absent, and nobody knows where he is.While his daughter, Lara, is "authorized to take charge of the property" she cannot own it or inherit it.It is for this reason that Mr. Gricar’s pension is untouched and any life insurance has not been claimed.

In late 2005, Lara was named as “trustee” for her father.That basically means that, for many things, she acts on behalf of Mr. Gricar.On top of that, her name was jointly on some, if not all, of his accounts; she would have had access to those prior to his disappearance.Having an account in both names isn’t too unusual.If something should happen to one of the names on the account, the other could access it.I had, since college, a similar relationship with my father (well before he became sick).The idea was, in father’s case, was that if he’d die, I’d be able to pay any bills immediately.2There would also be a slight inheritance tax savings, as half the money is legally regarded as belonging to the survivor.

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